PSY 215 Lecture 3: LECTURE Week 3 - Assessment and Diagnosis of Substance Abuse
23 Jan 2012
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Week 3 - assessment and diagnosis of substance abuse. Alcohol usually contains the % alcohol on the bottle. We can control /quantify standard usage for alcohol, but not drugs. The easiest way to get a picture of how much alcohol people have consumed is to ask "how much" There are many factors that affect alcohol consumption (weight, food, sex, time, amount, etc. ) Even if someone mentions they drank a reasonable amount (20 drinks a month), this does not account for binge drinking. Does not capture how long and leaves open for misinterpretation. Often, people who have had too much to drink will not remember how much they had. Collateral reporter (self-recording may not be as accurate when one is drinking): having another (sober) person recording how much you had. Whether you can eat while consuming (not always possible) Measure if it"s from a pharmacy (e. g. pills) People don"t just wake up one day and realize they have a problem.
